Ugh why are so few cars manual now
Maybe I need to try importing one or something idk
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jackrabbit10 · M
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@jackrabbit10 Yeah -- bring back the hand-crank starter!
jackrabbit10 · M
@ChipmunkErnie had a farmall tractor ,all most broke my thumb every time I started it,
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@jackrabbit10 Broken arms were not unknown in the day of crank-started autos.
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...why? Did you have to 'crank' it at the front by hand?
...why? Did you have to 'crank' it at the front by hand?
jackrabbit10 · M
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My Dad had a vintage tractor on our farm which had steel wheels and a hand-crank starter! He told me that if I wanted to drive it, then I had to learn how to start it. But he showed me that there's a right way and a wrong way to hand-crank a tractor...
The WRONG way is to grab onto the crank handle like you were holding a baseball bat ..with your fingers underneath and your thumb over the top. You will either break your thumb doing that or break your forearm if the engine kicks back.
The CORRECT way to grab onto the crank handle is to 'cup' your fingers AND your thumb UNDERNEATH the crank handle and hold onto it like you were holding an egg in the palm of your hand.
If the engine kicks-back, the crank will simply fly out of your palm without taking your thumb with it, but never stand directly over the crank while you're cranking it... stand back and slightly off-balance so that if it 'kicks', you will fall away from the reversing crank.
My Dad had a vintage tractor on our farm which had steel wheels and a hand-crank starter! He told me that if I wanted to drive it, then I had to learn how to start it. But he showed me that there's a right way and a wrong way to hand-crank a tractor...
The WRONG way is to grab onto the crank handle like you were holding a baseball bat ..with your fingers underneath and your thumb over the top. You will either break your thumb doing that or break your forearm if the engine kicks back.
The CORRECT way to grab onto the crank handle is to 'cup' your fingers AND your thumb UNDERNEATH the crank handle and hold onto it like you were holding an egg in the palm of your hand.
If the engine kicks-back, the crank will simply fly out of your palm without taking your thumb with it, but never stand directly over the crank while you're cranking it... stand back and slightly off-balance so that if it 'kicks', you will fall away from the reversing crank.
jackrabbit10 · M
@swirlie that i found out later on ,after getting lifted off the ground a few times,